Mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital has sold CSL, a provider of critical connectivity solutions for machine-to-machine communications, to Norland Capital, ICONIQ Capital and RIT Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum. CSL pioneered dual signalling technology in the alarm security industry where it manages the communications for over 400,000 commercial,
BGF (Business Growth Fund) has expanded its team with the appointment of Paul Stevens, who joins from Octopus Investments. Based in the London office, Stevens will focus on identifying investment opportunities in AIM listed companies as part of the BGF Quoted offering, which is led by Gavin Petken and Tom
21 Investimenti, an investment firm founded and led by Alessandro Benetton, is to sell a majority stake in Farnese Vini to NB Renaissance Partners, the private equity fund formed in 2015 by Neuberger Berman and Intesa SanPaolo. Farnese Vini is a group active in the production, bottling and sale of Central/Southern
Sun Capital Partners’ affiliated portfolio company Aclara Technologies has acquired the smart grid business of Tollgrade Communications. The transaction includes the LightHouse distribution monitoring platform comprising Sensors and Sensor Management System (SMS) software with Predictive Grid Analytics, as well as a broad intellectual property portfolio. Financial terms have not been
National law firm Shoosmiths has appointed private equity specialist Amit Nayyar as partner in the firm’s corporate team in Milton Keynes. Nayyar joins the firm from Hogan Lovells' London office, where he was a corporate partner with a focus on private equity and mergers and acquisitions. Previous to this, he
GigPeak, a specialist in semiconductor ICs and software solutions for high-speed connectivity and high-quality video compression over the Network and the Cloud, has closed its acquisition of Exccess Venture Fund holding Magnum Semiconductor. Magnum Semiconductor is a provider of silicon ICs, SoCs, software, and IP for the professional video broadcast
Avedon Capital Partners and management have sold Tesch Inkasso Group, a German debt collection company, to Lowell GFKL Group, a credit receivables management backed by the Permira Funds and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP). Tesch Inkasso is headquartered in Wiehl, Germany. Its core business is to recover debt claims, mostly
Mercury Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in entrepreneurs and innovation that originate in the middle of the US, has hired Jackie Pfister as marketing coordinator. Pfister, the first marketing hire for Mercury, will support the firm’s investment team in their marketing and branding efforts in order to promote
The half-year 2016 edition of Mergermarket's Deal Drivers EMEA reveals a more cautious dealmaking environment, with European investors eyeing political and economic changes in key markets, notably the UK's decision to ultimately leave the EU. As a result, European deal value dropped 18 per cent to EUR314.7 billion compared to
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has granted Peer Funding Limited full permission to operate an electronic peer-to-peer business lending platform. Unlike many existing platforms, Peer Funding Limited has not been trading under interim permission and has been granted this authorisation after completing a full application process. The authorisation
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